Quantifying cerebellar atrophy in multiple system atrophy of the cerebellar type (MSA-C) using three-dimensional gyrification index analysis

NeuroImage

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Wu, Yu Te ^a,b   Shyu, Kuo Kai ^c   Jao, Chii Wen ^c,d   Liao, Yuan Lin ^e   Wang, Tzu Yun ^a   Wu, Hsiu Mei ^b   Wang, Po Shan ^a,b,f   Soong, Bing Wen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Asia Pacific Institute of Creativity   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MUNICIPAL GAN DAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cerebellum; Gyrification index; MSA C

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL GYRIFICATION INDEX ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84858979306     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.02.057     Document Type: Article

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